Delivering his annual Christmas message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to make the holiday, as with everything else, all about Iran.
In the speech, Netanyahu sought to explain to Christians the existential threat that they face from Muslims across the Middle East, going on to insist that Israel is the only country where Christians are free of persecution, omitting multiple “price tag” attacks on Israeli Christian sites this year.
That threat, Netanyahu insisted, is the same as the Iranian existential threat to Israel, and both Israel and Christians need to unite in their Judeo-Christian heritage, closing with an urge for Christian tourists to visit locations in the occupied West Bank.
The annual Christmas message has often been played by Israeli leaders for political gain, but this year’s version was unusually bellicose, perhaps reflecting Netanyahu’s rightward shift ahead of the election.
Now Bibi wants us to think he is a kindler and gentler persecutor? C'mon. He's part of the cabal that has encouraged the jihadists in Northern Syria and is still the number one existential threat in the Middle East, with the US-NATO (incl. Turkey-Saudi Arabia and GCC right there with him. Until the US began to destroy Syria the Muslims and Christians lived together in peace.
In the same way that Muslim and Christian Palestinians live together in peace, and I've seen this up close and personal. Israeli leaders know this to be true, but they would rather spread lies to create division.
Netanyahu using the scare tactic of the Evangelical Christians—scare tactics just like George Bush used to use.
World wide threat:Zionism
have no doubt a rising israelis are coming to see Nuttyahoo a threat to israel. Could that mean the fate of Ceausescu romania 1989
…while Zionism is tragedy for whole internacional community, while Zionism is most evil ideology ever and Mankind will dearly regret UNBIBLICAL creation of of Israel, biggest and last blashemy of fanatical people claiming to be "chosen people"….God was not any kind of Realestate agent and who on Earth could still support that zionist jews with their record of destruction and rebelion against God repeating itself down from days of Old testament till today with no end in sight, who could believe they represent Gods choice?….
Truth Judaism represented by Jews believing in Old Test. – Torah, living in disapora /also 25000 in Iran/, waiting for Messiah, can say : "We are real Jews!!" The shortcut to promised land by creating state against Gods comandments is biggest and last blashemy of fanatical Zionists and people translating scriptures just to fit their behaviour…Judaism is cornerstone of most major religions, while Zionist is pure colonization with classical brutality nations practised througout its history….
And todays place called Israel represents just the darkest part of "mans behaviour".
I wish people in Israel/Palestine changed current unhuman regime, I wish real Jews waged war against Zionism and got respect back they deserve. Mixing Zionism with Judaism is to same lie like interduction of Holy Trinity and making Bible unreadable. Zionism present for Humanity biggest danger and no wonder many respected people like Gunter Grass lattely are forsed to say the TRUTH. Mankind will dearly regret creation of Israel as this place is filled with fanatism and arrogance unseen in human history….No 2012, but this "entity" occupaing Palestine may bring WW3 and total destruction of our Planet….sad but so clear…peter czech
Yeah, go ahead please join this Anti-christ ONE-EYED IDIOT.
So the Israelis would like us to start a religious war against all Muslims throughout the world… just so a few thousand 'settlers' can claim ownership on Palestinian territory ? Sounds like a good deal. I'm sure our politicians will go for it. They can't wait to step upon another Zionist landmine like they did in Iraq.
Isarel's version of Mr. Henke … the Christmas poo.
How dare this "leader" pretend to know anything abut Christians and Muslims, who manage to get along very well in Gaza (ask Father Manuel, as in Stuart Littlewood's article in My Catbird Seat) or in Lebanon, where Hezbollah protects many christians, or in Iraq before "christian" WBush pushed so many to leave.
Look at Jonathan Cook's post on Bethlehem and the taking over of its land by the 8 metre high wall, plus the destruction of homes of Palestinian christians by the "IDF".
Sit back and stop lying, Mr N.
Okay….. so is Bibi going to open up the borders for Christian Arabs to come to Israel for safe haven? Is he going to offer them citizenship as Israeli Arab Christians? If so, would the plan be for them to occupy the latest round of illegal settlements in Palestinian territory?
There is a solution to all this.., let all the Jewish people from Israel move to U.S and Europe…, then for all the Christians.., I mean a real and the true Christians, from U.S and Europe to Palestine…, but don't forget to luck the doors of all U.S and Europe atomic bombes and the keys to all the military bases.., because later in time this man will claim that his land is been stolen by the Christians and for that he will start a world war against Christians. This man and his supporters needs to be kept close, very close to a mental hospital in Sweden…, they have the best mental institutions in the world…, Sweden.., there he will have a friend and his name is Carl Bildt, he is the foreign minister of Sweden…, corrupt as this man foreign minster was.
Search "Kairos Palestine" and see what the Palestinian Christians themselves have to say.